Gatefold packaging. Le Tres Jazz Club can't really say that Japanese jazzmen benefit (not justified in fact) from a great international fame. However, trumpet player Terumasa Hino is an exception, undoubtedly because, since the '70s, he has collaborated with numerous American musicians: Gary Burton, Roy Haynes, Herbie Hancock. On Into the Heaven, which was released in 1970, Terumasa Hino is surrounded by the same musicians as on Hi-Nology, released a year earlier: his brother Motohiko Hino on drums, Hiromasa Suzuki on electric piano, Kunimitsu Inaba on electric bass, and Takeru Muraoka on tenor sax. The eponymous piece, which lasts more than 20 minutes, is a jazz fusion giving room to choruses and which is reminiscent of the music that Miles Davis then offered. The B side opens with "Love More Train," a brilliant and long hard bop song, while the album closes melancholy with the peaceful "Feeling Blue As You Are Feel."

Features
First Time on Vinyl Since 1980
Gatefold Packaging
Import
Musicians
Terumasa Hino flugelhorn
Takeru Muraoka tenor sax
Hiromasa Suzuki piano
Motohiko Hino drums
Kunimitsu Inaba electric bass
Selections
Into the Heaven
Love More Train
Feeling Blue As You Are Feel